Binalakshmi Nepram is a writer and activist. She is the founder of Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN).

She met with Rahul Gandhi yesterday and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today to demand justice for Nido Taniam, the 20-year-old who died after he was beaten up by a group of men at a South Delhi market.

This is Binalakshmi's blog (as told to ndtv.com).

Nido
was a victim of racial profiling. A lot of young boys and girls are
victims - everyday. I'm a victim myself. Just now, I was waiting for an
auto-rickshaw and 6-7 empty autos went by without stopping for me. There
are many, many cases but they are not reported. We are called 'Nepali
dhanda karne wale, you bloody chinki'. Has a person from Kashmir or
Chennai ever been beaten to death in Delhi? Delhi, unfortunately is the
worst. So many kids come here from the North East for higher education
and this is the kind of discrimination they have to face every day.

We
met yesterday (Monday) with Mr Rahul Gandhi. He was very upset and
assured us that there would be a committee like the Justice Verma
Committee that was constituted after the Delhi gang-rape to look into
Nido's case. He also admitted that this was a case of racial
discrimination. Mr Kejriwal joined us in our protests at Jantar Mantar
today.

When we met Mr Kejriwal yesterday, we advised him to form a
special committee - on the lines of the Justice Mehra committee - only
for Delhi and the National Capital Region. He liked the idea. The Delhi
government has to ensure this happens and look at different cases of
racial discrimination.

60% of the North Eastern kids who leave
their hometowns are in Delhi. The Delhi Education Minister should ensure
that the culture, tradition of the North East is a part of the
curriculum of Delhi schools so that there is no prejudice...so we are
not looked at as aliens.

A helpline which was launched some years
ago to receive calls for help from North Eastern students doesn't work
at all. It is manned by the Delhi Police and the Delhi police itself is
biased. Most of the policemen are from Haryana - they are extremely
racist. It would help if the Delhi Police recruited some people from the
North East.

The government must focus on the formation of an
anti-racial, anti-discrimination law. We don't have anything of the sort
at the moment. And we need a special fast-track court to try these
hate crimes.

In Delhi, we face violence, sexual assault. There is verbal abuse and taunting. It is rampant, it happens at every moment.

There
is a fear psychosis in the minds of many young people who study or work
in Delhi. We tell them only cowards indulge in this kind of racial
discrimination. Delhi doesn't belong to a single community. We have
requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to tighten security.

This
is my message to youngsters from North Eastern states living in Delhi.
This city is as much as yours as it is of other citizens. Only cowards
do these kind of racial attacks. Please do not be scared or intimidated.
Cases are being solved. Delhi belongs to everyone.